McCain welcomes Imus back to national television

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday congratulated sometimes-controversial talk show host Don Imus back to television.

Imus is returned to TV today on the Fox Business network after MSNBC and CBS Radio dropped his show in 2007 following the Rutgers women's basketball controversy. Imus returned to the radio few months after the incident.

The 2008 GOP presidential nominee was one of the first political guests on Imus' long-running radio show after the controversy. He also appeared on his Fox show this morning.

He tweeted:

Great to be back on with Don Imus again, congrats to his whole team - Bernie, Charles, and Warner!

Imus described players on the Rutgers team as "nappy headed hos." Imus received criticism from then-Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, civil rights leaders, and other national figures.

2008 presidential candidates Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.); Govs. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.), Bill Richardson (D-N.M.), and Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-N.Y.) also made appearances on Imus' show shortly after he returned to radio.

RFD-TV, a rural cable network, had previously simulcasted "Imus in the Morning."